Air quality modelling to support Runnymede`s Local Plan
Runnymede Borough Council is preparing a Local Plan to guide development in Runnymede in Surrey, south west of London. The CERC Consultancy team carried out air dispersion modelling using ADMS-Urban to identify the baseline air quality profile across the area and to assess air quality for future scenarios (2030 and 2036), with and without developments associated with the Local Plan in place.
The main source of air pollution in Runnymede is road traffic emissions. The Council has declared two Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) due to annual average NO2 concentrations exceeding the Air Quality Objective: along the M25 and in Addlestone town centre.
Modelling for the base year, 2015, showed exceedences of the annual average NO2 Air Quality Objective (AQO) along the M25 and at building façades in Chertsey. In the modelled future scenarios, no exceedences of the AQOs were calculated. This reflects the expected large reduction in NO2 concentrations due to improvements in engine technology, which lead to a fall in traffic exhaust emissions.
The health impact of air quality on health in Runnymede was assessed by calculating the number of attributable deaths and corresponding life-years lost due to concentrations of PM2.5 and NO2. The difference in life years lost with and without the Local Plan in place was very small, reflecting the low concentrations predicted across the Borough.
Related news
-
Air Quality Monitors in Brighton catch fire data (no pun intended)
During the afternoon of Saturday 15th July, a fire was reported at the Albion Hotel, on Brighton’s seafront. This was no small incident: three days later, around Tuesday lunchtime, there were still pockets of fire smouldering and, sadly, part of the building was left as little more than a shell. With concern for the health and safety of the surrounding areas of the city, residents and businesses were advised to keep windows closed to keep indoor levels of dangerous particulates as low as possible. Luckily...
-
Creation of an air pollution scenario impact tool
CERC has developed a digital air pollution impact tool to model the impacts of changes to air pollution sources and the adoption of mitigation measures, on levels of air pollution exposure. The tool is potentially scalable to all London local authorities, and could be a `ground-breaking` example for city authorities around the world, as are CERC`s Breathe London and airTEXT services. This is a joint commission by Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) and Southwark and Lambeth Councils, who have a shared ambition to...
-
Property Damage and Occupational Health Hazards Caused by Wildfire Smoke
Smoke from countless wildfires in Canada have blanketed communities from New York City to Charlotte with unhealthy air this summer. During one day alone, over 125 million people in the region were under an air quality alert and the air quality in New York City registered as the worst in the world. A New York Air Quality Health Advisory about the wildfire smoke warned: Exposure can cause short-term health effects such as irritation to the eyes, nose, and throat, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, and shortness of...
-
South-South Cooperation in the Fight Against Climate Change: FPI Helps to Protect the Air Quality of Cambodia
In September 2020, FPI won the tender of "Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Low Carbon Demonstration Zone Project for Climate Change Response - Cambodia Environmental Monitoring Equipment Sub-project", providing 10 sets of air quality monitoring equipment and 1 set of Air Visual intelligent data management center platform, covering the whole process of project support from "production, packaging and transportation, on-site installation&commissioning and training". The project was officially launched in...
-
Asian Conference on Indoor Environmental Quality 2023
New Delhi, India – February 24th, 2023 – Particles Plus attended the Asian Conference on Indoor Environmental Quality (ACIEQ) 2023, presenting the company’s indoor environmental solutions and educating the attendees on the importance of indoor environments for occupants. New Delhi was the perfect location to talk about indoor air and environmental quality, as the majority of spaces there are experiencing poor air quality. The Particles Plus instruments measured very high concentrations of PM2.5...
Customer comments
No comments were found for Air quality modelling to support Runnymede`s Local Plan. Be the first to comment!